When 21-year-old Cal State football star Ron Settles died in the custody of the Signal Hill Police Department in 1981, it lit a fire for his aunt Madelyn Strong Woodley. Police said Settles hanged himself. But a coroner’s jury later found he died “at the hands of another.” Officers would admit to beating Settles during […]
Author Archives: Colette Czarnecki
Colette Czarnecki is a contributing writer to a variety of publications along the Front Range, including NPR's Next Generation Radio. She interned with Boulder Reporting Lab before graduating from CU Boulder's MA Journalism program. She's interested in issues of social justice, culture, food and more.
